Kickin In In The Country: All Things Summer

Summer is here!! Turning my alarm OFF has been the most exciting part. Jake has been crawling in bed with me every morning and we snuggle until Luke wakes up! I LOVE it. I have been able to rock Luke to sleep every day for nap and see and hear all of the cute stuff he's been saying. At this point, I am planning on staying home for a while to take care of my sweet family. It has taken some getting used to. Just the initial thought of it all. I have prayed about this for a long time and I know this is the answer to my prayers. I have never in my life thought I would/could be a stay at home mom. I have had this vision of myself doing big things, making big money, being a boss, making a difference somewhere. Um hello, I have a college degree. Women with a degree don't stay home. I will admit, I have been fooling myself. Every year I know why God has placed me where he has. Crockett allowed Jake to attend one of the best private schools out there and give him an awesome starting foundation for his education. It also showed me what working for one of the best principals and colleagues was really like. But in the long run, God opened my eyes to the concept of working too hard. I saw Luke on an average of two hours a day. Somebody else was rocking my baby and seeing all of his firsts. I thank God every day for placing the best sitter in the world to care for him while his mama was out trying to change the world. Little did I know my place was right here in this little house in this tiny town!! I will say I work so much harder at home than in my classroom on any day of the week. I find myself smiling and laughing all day long. I know living in this small town without much to do will get repetitive at times but I know my kids will only be small for the blink of an eye and I want to be here for it all. I am ecstatic about being that room mom for Jake and being able to be in his classroom for ALL of his parties instead of running in and out because my class was doing the same thing. I can't wait to be able to cook for my husband and take care of him like a wife should!

** Jake has said some funny things lately-

A few weeks ago Cody and I went and had dinner and the boys stayed with Granny and Big Daddy. They had picked up Chicken Express earlier that day to feed the boys for dinner. When we got home that night they said the boys ate so much and Jake ate a ton of chicken legs. The next day we Jake and I were walking in to HEB to pick up something for dinner and I asked if he wanted anything in particular..he said," if they have chicken on a leg will you cook that?'

Yesterday we stopped at Sonic to get a drink. I guess Jake didn't think I paid for it and asked me if our stuff was free? I said no, nothing in the world is free. He said, uh huh, the samples at Sams are!!!